《海外英语》“大师谈翻译”擂台（2012年1月）

本期“大师谈翻译”是从名著《简·爱》中挑了一小段。大家每期试着翻译一小段名著，积少成多，坚持下去就是成功哦。感兴趣的同学可以将译文发送至oenglish@163.com，并在主题上注明“大师谈翻译”字样。我们会挑选出数篇文章发给方老师修改，并将修改过程刊登在杂志上。欢迎大家踊跃投稿。

注意：请各位同学投稿时不要忘记注明姓名、地址哦，谢谢！翻译原文我们会在杂志官网、人人网、新浪博客同时发布。

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further outdoor exercise was now out of the question.

I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.

“What does Bessie say I have done?” I asked.

“Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent.”

A small breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, I slipped in there. It contained a bookcase: I soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures. I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement.